Medicare and Medicaid: Effects of Recent Legislation on Program and Beneficiary Costs : Report to the Chairman, Select Committee on Aging, House of Representatives |
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... major legislative changes that were expected to significantly affect the ... laws that affected the Medicare and Medicaid programs . The Con- gressional ... five of these laws would have the greatest effects on the cost of the two ...
... major legislative changes that were expected to significantly affect the ... laws that affected the Medicare and Medicaid programs . The Con- gressional ... five of these laws would have the greatest effects on the cost of the two ...
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... major legislative changes played an important role in this slowdown in Medicare cost growth . The five major laws were expected to have a mixed effect on Medicaid program costs - two of the laws passed early in the period were expected ...
... major legislative changes played an important role in this slowdown in Medicare cost growth . The five major laws were expected to have a mixed effect on Medicaid program costs - two of the laws passed early in the period were expected ...
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... five major laws was expected to reduce Medicare cost outlays , this was not the case with Medicaid . Laws enacted earlier in the period , primarily the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 , encouraged states to control program ...
... five major laws was expected to reduce Medicare cost outlays , this was not the case with Medicaid . Laws enacted earlier in the period , primarily the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 , encouraged states to control program ...
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... Five. Executive Summary Chapter 1 Introduction The Medicare Program The Medicaid Program Legislative Changes to the Medicare and Medicaid Programs Objectives , Scope , and Methodology Chapter 2 Effects of Five Major Laws ... Five Major Laws ...
... Five. Executive Summary Chapter 1 Introduction The Medicare Program The Medicaid Program Legislative Changes to the Medicare and Medicaid Programs Objectives , Scope , and Methodology Chapter 2 Effects of Five Major Laws ... Five Major Laws ...
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... Five Major Laws ' Effects on Medicare Costs 49 Tables Table 2.1 : CBO and HCFA Estimated Medicare Savings From Five Major Laws 19 Table 2.2 : Medicare Experience , Fiscal Years 1980 Through 1985 Table 2.3 : Cost of Inpatient Hospital ...
... Five Major Laws ' Effects on Medicare Costs 49 Tables Table 2.1 : CBO and HCFA Estimated Medicare Savings From Five Major Laws 19 Table 2.2 : Medicare Experience , Fiscal Years 1980 Through 1985 Table 2.3 : Cost of Inpatient Hospital ...
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1985 are shown Beneficiary Costs Beneficiary Out-of-Pocket Costs billion in fiscal Budget Reconciliation Act CBO and HCFA CBO estimated COBRA coinsurance amounts competitive medical plans constant 1985 dollars consumer price index copayment cost of providing cost per enrollee cost-sharing requirements Costs Have Increased coverage covered days DEFRA Effects of Five fiscal year 1980 fiscal year 1985 five laws Five Major Laws Funding of HHS growth rate HCFA estimated HCFA projected HCFA's Office HHS Activities home health inpatient hospital services July Laws on Medicare legislative changes major laws enacted Medicaid program Medicaid recipients medical services Medicare and Medicaid Medicare cost growth Medicare Costs Medicare enrollees Medigap OBRA Omnibus Budget Reconciliation outpatient payment cost percent period physi physician premiums program costs Public Law rate in cost reasonable charge reductions reimbursement secondary payor shown in table Social Security speech pathology TEFRA total benefit cost total Medicaid
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Page 2 - Act of 1981, the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, the...
Page 2 - We also analyzed information obtained from officials of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), the agency within the Department of Health and Human Services...
Page 31 - State was otherwise entitled was to be reduced by 3 percent in fiscal year 1982, 4 percent in fiscal year 1983, and 4.5 percent in fiscal year 1984. A State could lower the amount of its reduction by...
Page 31 - ... unemployment rate exceeding 150 percent of the national average; and (3) demonstrating recoveries from fraud and abuse activities (and with respect to fiscal year 1982, third-party recoveries) equal to 1 percent of Federal payments. A State was entitled to a dollar-tor-dollar offset in its reductions if total Federal Medicaid expenditures in a year fell below a specified target amount.
Page 12 - ... health care for certain poor people. States use Federal funds and their own dollars to purchase medical care services on behalf of eligible aged, blind, and disabled individuals and dependent children and their families. State participation in the Medicaid program is voluntary; all States, as well as the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands have elected to do so. (Arizona operates under a special demonstration authority.) Federal outlays for Medicaid...
Page 53 - Cost sharing for durable medical equipment furnished as a home health benefit...
Page 16 - In addition, this law increased the part B deductible from $60 to $75 beginning in calendar year 1982.
Page 17 - TEFRA established a target rate reimbursement system for hospital services; this system limited the rate of increase in Medicare payments per case for a 3-year period beginning October 1, 1982.
Page 48 - June 5, 1981 97-34 Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 Aug. 13, 1981 97-35 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 Aug. 13, 1981 97-51 Funding of HHS Activities Oct.
Page 11 - Medicare, the reasonable charge for a service is the lowest of the actual charge...